Yearly Archives: 2014
Oil and gas development homogenizing core-forest bird communities
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Conventional oil and gas development in northern Pennsylvania altered bird communities, and the current massive build-out of shale-gas infrastructure may...
USDA grants license for PEDv vaccine
This is the first licensed vaccine for PEDv. It will be used to vaccinate sows with the intent that they build antibody, and transmit that antibody through their milk to newborn piglets.
Ohio freezes renewable energy mandates
The new law will freeze the renewable and solar energy benchmarks for 2015 and 2016, at 2014 levels.
Are cellphones really covered in germs?
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — A quick Google search for “mobile device” and “germs” lists pages of reports about how your smart phone is likely...
IBM collaboration harnesses power of big data
MARKHAM, Ontario — A new data integration platform for watershed management built by the Southern Ontario Water Consortium (SOWC) in collaboration with IBM is...
Federal carbon cutting policy could be costly
EPA plan calls for 30 percent reduction in carbon emissions from power plants.
Drop in global malnutrition depends on ag productivity, climate change
Global malnutrition could fall 84 percent by the year 2050 as incomes in developing countries grow — but only if agricultural productivity continues to improve and climate change does not severely damage agriculture, Purdue University researchers say.
What’s the right age to be home alone?
As the school year draws to a close, many parents face the question of whether their children can be left home alone during the day in the summer months.
Birdsong Farm: Community, environment are top priorities
In Hiram, Ohio, Birdsong Farm owner, Matt Herbruck, says: “I realized I needed to do a job I felt good about at the end of the day."
Male chromosome hinders beef cattle reproduction
In the beef industry, if a cow does not get pregnant after breeding, she becomes an economic liability in the herd. Lack of calf production can significantly reduce annual revenue for producers.
